breaking news: punk rock artist has opinion that differs from government.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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Bob Vylan gets flak for supposedly preaching hatred and wishing death to the IDF at Glastonbury, as if wishing for the destruction of a genocidal army is the same as advocating for violence against people, much less a People.
Well, in 1998, Bob Dylan sung these lyrics, addressed to the "masters of war" :
And I hope that you die and your death will come soon
I will follow your casket by the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave 'til I'm sure that you're dead
Hear it here, on 37:04: https://youtu.be/fHE6XBWM_yA?t=2224
In a sense, Bob Dylan was in fact more extreme than Bob Vylan, since he's talking about actual dying people as opposed to institutions.
In any case, Bob Vylan with their "Death to the IDF" slogan is in very good company.
- Vylan specifically names whom they want death upon
- Dylan is saying death upon an unnamed person
- Vylan is calling for death of the army of israel, while even if they are Zionists committing genocide and other atrocities, is seen as antisemitism
- Dylan is white
(I am not defending anyone that is against what Vylan said, in fact I think they are correct the idf needs to be dismantled and the soldiers held accountable for their actions)
I think if Vylan also said death to Hamas in the same sentence, they'd have defused the backlash. Zionists would have had really hard time untangling that one to make a big deal out of it. 😂